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Their "gods" changed along with their rulers as well ...as happened with many other kings over history. The conspicuous political/religious connection, seen so often in history, is an excellent reason to discount any "truth" value.

Of course religion and spirituality can be different things; the individual’s highest aspirations and the yearning for profound understanding of the universe and experience of the sublime is often wedded to cultural and historical symbolism...

that's not exactly a big problem in the world. Most church land take overs had to do with "saving the savages and introducing them to Christ", not a "god gave me this land" idea. and atheist political parties have an emotional basis. i dont get...

That's so cheesy, you can see the chisel marks in the "eye sockets."

Ross Coulthart unearthed another "alien bodies" story. 400 years old "alien skeletons" have presumably been found buried underneath an undisclosed church in Mexico. Supposedly, an alien spacecraft have crashed on Earth in the past and people...

Of course religion and spirituality can be different things; the individual’s highest aspirations and the yearning for profound understanding of the universe and experience of the sublime is often wedded to cultural and historical symbolism...

political ideologies too.

One of the basic problems is the "God gave this land to me" belief. That attitude makes it impossible for religious absolutists to reach any kind of compromise with others. Secular governments can avoid that pitfall (although they don't always do...

I've always looked at it as a resource thing. One group wants another group's resources. [my opinion] It just also happens that religion is a great way to build larger, binding communities beyond a standard tribe size, which is also useful for...

I've always looked at it as a resource thing. One group wants another group's resources. [my opinion] It just also happens that religion is a great way to build larger, binding communities beyond a standard tribe size, which is also useful for...

That's so cheesy, you can see the chisel marks in the "eye sockets."

using personal morality standards to "mob rule" or terrorize populations to get what one personally wants, is certainly not exclusive to religion. Plenty of atheists engage in the same behaviors. Does it really matter if God is one's God, or...

Ross Coulthart unearthed another "alien bodies" story. 400 years old "alien skeletons" have presumably been found buried underneath an undisclosed church in Mexico. Supposedly, an alien spacecraft have crashed on Earth in the past and people...

If we're arguing via moving pictures, I recommend The Mission (1986). It's won an Oscar.

About The Minnesota Automated Plate Scanner (MAPS) Catalog discussed by Watters et al. It's a catalogue derived from the first epoch of Palomar Sky Survey (POSS-I). It contains over 89 million matched stellar objects (stars and galaxies). There's...